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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. incongruous;inviting ridicule;
- Example: "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
- Example: "that's a cockeyed idea"
- Example: "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
- Example: "a contribution so small as to be laughable"
- Example: "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
- Example: "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
- Example: "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
[syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]

2. arousing or provoking laughter;
- Example: "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"
- Example: "an amusing fellow"
- Example: "a comic hat"
- Example: "a comical look of surprise"
- Example: "funny stories that made everybody laugh"
- Example: "a very funny writer"
- Example: "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"
- Example: "a mirthful experience"
- Example: "risible courtroom antics"
[syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Laughable \Laugh"a*ble\, a.
   Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable
   scene.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See Droll, and
        Ludicrous.
        [1913 Webster] -- Laugh"a*ble*ness, n. --
        Laugh"a*bly, adv.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

laughable
    adj 1: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that
           the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask
           a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a
           contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is
           ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous
           attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her
           conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather
           dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed,
           derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous,
           nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]
    2: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
       steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow";
       "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories
       that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would
       have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful
       experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: amusing,
       comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful,
       risible]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "laughable":
   absurd, amusing, beyond belief, bizarre, cockamamie, crazy, droll,
   eccentric, extravagant, fantastic, foolish, funny, grotesque,
   high-flown, hilarious, humorous, incongruous, incredible,
   ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, outrageous, outre, poppycockish,
   preposterous, priceless, quaint, quizzical, rich, ridiculous,
   risible, screaming, weird, whimsical, wild, witty